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INDIA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH PSLV C-23

In yet another milestone in space
technology, India today launched five foreign satellites on board an
indigenous rocket, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask Indian
scientists to develop a SAARC satellite which can be dedicated as a
'gift' to the neighbours. After a perfect lift off from the First
Launch Pad in Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 9.52 AM which was
witnessed by Modi, Indian Space Research Organisation's workhorse Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C23 placed all five satellites into their
intended orbits, one after the other between 17 and 19 minutes of the
launch, in textbook precision. Besides its primary payload of 714 kg
French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7, the rocket carried and placed
in orbit 14 kg AISAT of Germany, NLS7.1 (CAN-X4) and NLS7.2 (CAN-X5) of
Canada, each weighing 15 kg, and the 7 kg VELOX-1 of Singapore. Modi,
who witnessed the launch from ISRO's Mission Control Room here, made a
pitch for satellite diplomacy asking scientists to develop a SAARC
satellite that could be of use to India's neighbours. In his first
official visit to this spaceport, the Prime Minister, "Today I ask you,
the space community, to take up the challenge of developing a SAARC
satellite that we can dedicate to our neighbourhood as a gift from
India. "Such a satellite will be helpful in SAARC nations' fight
against poverty and illiteracy, the challenge to progress in scientific
field, and will open up avenues to provide opportunities to the youth of
SAARC countries," he said. Though the Mission Readiness Review
Committee and Launch Authorisation Board had on Friday cleared the
launch, the launch time was rescheduled to 9.52 AM today, a delay of
three minutes, attributed to "probable space debris" coming in the
rocket's way. The five satellites were launched under commercial
arrangements that ANTRIX (ISRO's commercial arm) entered into with the
respective foreign agencies. India's age-old ethos of 'vasudhaiva
kutumbakam' (the world is a family) spurred the need for a SAARC
satellite, Modi said, adding the fruits of technological advancement
must be shared with those who do not enjoy them. "We provide benefits
of telemedicine to Afghanistan and African countries. But we must do
more. 'Yeh dil maange more' (the heart desires for more)," Modi said
repeating a famous tagline. The Prime Minister said the successful
launch of the foreign satellites was a "global endorsement" of India's
space capabilities developed by "our brilliant scientists". Besides
Modi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh
Governor E S L Narasimhan and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu also
witnessed the launch from the Sriharikota spaceport, about 100
kilometres from Chennai. The Prime Minister had yesterday arrived in
Chennai enroute to Sriharikota to witness the event. French satellite
SPOT 7, identical to SPOT-6, which ISRO had launched in 2012, would be
placed diametrically opposite to SPOT-6, forming part of the existing
Earth observation satellite. European space technology company Airbus
Defence and Space has built SPOT-7. Germany's AISAT satellite would
focus on the global sea-traffic monitoring system with special emphasis
on high traffic zones using AIS signals. It is also Germany's first DLR
satellite in the nano-satellite class. NLS 7.1 and NLS 7.2 are from the
University of Toronto, Institute of Aerospace Studies/ Space Flight
Laboratory in Canada. Both payloads would perform two-spacecraft
precision formation flying using differential GPS with centimetre-level
relative position and sub-metre level accurate position control system.
Satellite VELOX-1 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore is a
technology demonstrator for in-house design of image sensor, MEMS-based
attitude determination and control system and inter-satellite RF link.
ISRO has so far launched 35 satellites from 19 countries around the
globe -- Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Singapore,
Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom, bringing a
huge sum to the country as foreign exchange.

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